Mar. 9, 2016, 6:22 p.m.

Questioned about the federal investigation into her use of private email that has dogged her presidential campaign and asked what she would do if she were indicted, Hillary Clinton was unamused during Wednesday's debate.

Oh, for goodness -- that is not going to happen. I'm not answering that question.

A federal judge recently ruled that aides to the former secretary of State should be questioned in a separate lawsuit that alleges the private server set up in her home may have been intended to dodge federal transparency laws.

Mar. 9, 2016, 8:06 p.m.

Hillary Clinton said during Wednesday's Democratic debate that she would have two litmus tests for Supreme Court justices – support for abortion rights and opposition to unfettered campaign spending.

Any potential nominees must consider Roe vs. Wade settled law and also want to overturn the Citizens United ruling that helped unleash a new era of big money in politics, Clinton said.

Clinton also called for Republicans to consider President Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy created by the February death of Justice Antonin Scalia. In Florida, the state at the center of 2000 presidential election recount, she recalled the Supreme Court decision on the case.

Mar. 9, 2016, 7:53 p.m.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders expressed support during Wednesday's debate for President Obama's new policy of openness with Cuba.

Obama ended half a century of frozen relations with the communist country, and he plans to visit this month, the first sitting president to go to the island in nearly 90 years. Both Democratic candidates said they hoped more exchanges would help Cuba move toward democracy.

“There are no better ambassadors for freedom, democracy and economic opportunity than Cuban Americans,” Clinton said. “The more that we can have that kind of movement back and forth, the more likely we are to be able to move Cuba toward greater freedom, greater respect for rights.”

Mar. 9, 2016, 7:34 p.m.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred Wednesday over how to improve the U.S. healthcare system -- by a massive overhaul that shifts the entire cost to the government, as Sanders advocates, or more moderate steps, as Clinton seeks.

"The smart approach is to build on the Affordable Care Act," she said.

It's a decades-old argument on the left. Here's what you need to know about the fight:

Mar. 9, 2016, 7:27 p.m.

Clinton harshly criticized Sanders over a video ad the Koch brothers released today praising the Vermont senator’s opposition to the Export-Import Bank, an arm of the U.S. government that helps businesses finance overseas purchases and compete with government-subsidized competitors.

Sanders bristled at the notion he might support the Koch brothers' conservative positions.

“There is nobody in the United States Congress who has taken on the Koch brothers, who want to destroy social security, Medicare, Medicaid and virtually every federal program passed since the 1930s, more than Bernie Sanders,” he said.

During Wednesday's Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton said her deportation policies would differ from President Obama's; immigrant advocates have dismissed him as "deporter-in-chief" for forcibly removing more immigrants than any other president.

Clinton said that unlike Obama, she would focus on deporting "violent criminals, terrorists" and others who want to do harm.

In fact, that is Obama's policy almost verbatim.

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Mar. 9, 2016, 6:55 p.m.

As I understand, he's talking about a tall wall. A beautiful, tall wall. The most beautiful, tall wall.

Hillary Clinton, saying Donald Trump's plan for a border wall to keep out immigrants that Mexico will pay for is "a fantasy"

Mar. 9, 2016, 6:52 p.m.

Pressed repeatedly by debate moderator Jorge Ramos, Hillary Clinton said she would not deport children living in the country illegally.

Clinton, who has often tightly embraced President Obama's policies, looked to differentiate herself from the sitting president, who has been criticized by some immigrant advocates as "deporter in chief."

"My priorities are to deport violent criminals, terrorists and anyone who threatens our safety," Clinton said. "I do not have the same policy as the current administration does."